Some software makes a distinction between saving and exporting. Lets take the image processing software GIMP as an example. The save button will only allow to save the project file in the native gimp ...

Generally there are two kinds of windows I make: windows with Ok/Cancel buttons, and windows with just a Close button. The implied understanding is that Ok/Cancel windows don't save anything until you ...

I am implementing global search on a system. When you are creating and editing details, there is a save button and no auto-save feature. My question is, what should happen to the search box on these ...

I'm designing a mobile app with a settings screen which allows users to save their settings or reset them. It's setup where if the users makes changes to their settings and taps to go back home, they ...

I'm currently working on designing a setup flow where the user will create a study in 6 steps. I've decided to split the different steps into tabs based on what the user will have to do in them, i.e :
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My app is used to edit email templates. As you probably know, emails can have a text AND html version. Below is the UI I came up with. My initial thought was 'only save what you can see', so when you ...

I work on a list builder component that the user must be able to build easliy, save and re-open if needed. I precise that only one list can be active.
I didn't find any similar component on the web, ...

This has been discussed a few times on here for web implementations but never for a desktop application. Being we have a title bar/file menu/toolbar etc. what is the best practice for closing a window ...

In a content management system users are entering different types of content such as products, pages, events etc. with each individual item having a form for creating and editing said content. In the ...

I have an entity (say, an event) the user needs to create periodically.
In its attributes, the user needs to enter a range in a text field that is a technical specification (complex). The user will ...

There is a program which downloads a bunch of data, generates something like a report/save file from this data, and saves it to disk.
I guess the best user experience with saving the data will be the ...

I'm working on a job app and I would like to offer our user the possibility to save a job and let them find it quickly later.
First I thought using a star icon to let them "star" a job like starring ...

I am developing an investment property evaluator app that allows the user to record information about a potential investment property and evaluates the property based on certain metrics. It uses drill ...

I have been modifying my Facebook and Gmail account settings when I come across several types of saving strategies. Take for example, at the time of this writing, Facebook:
Instant save - saves upon ...

I'm writing a program for Mac OS X that allows the user to drag a row from a list in the application to Finder, where it automatically exports the data represented by the row to a file named after the ...

We are developing an web app. Users can log-in and change their settings. We are in process of making settings page and we are wondering if Autosave option is good idea.
For example:
User edits his ...

I have an iOS screen that is usually used for data entry but is occasionally used to later view the data that's been entered.
For data entry, it seems like the iOS convention (e.g. stock email app) ...

I am working on the web application which provides newsletters for users. These newsletters are based on interests selected by users on their profiles. If user does not select anything he will just ...